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Agile-X 2011 ( First Annual Executive Agile Conference )

Greetings from iSense Prowareness!

 

Please allow me to introduce the organization that I represent:

iSense Prowareness is a 100% Agile organization that specializes in the area of Agile/Scrum training, consulting and coaching (basic, intermediate and advanced levels) and we cordially invite you to Agile-X 2011 – ‘The First Annual Executive Agile Conference’!

Agile-X is a whole day conference designed to address the…

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Added by raghavendra prasad on October 27, 2011 at 10:26pm — No Comments

Seasonal Networking Lunch

Seems like there are always a couple of networking lunches hosted by the PMC in Seattle and on the Eastside. Usually one around this time of year but I haven't heard of anything. Is this event out of favor?

Added by Peter Kahn on December 8, 2010 at 11:31pm — 2 Comments

Services Seminar on 11/18/10 - You should be there!

I'm excited about how this Services seminar is coming together. Appears to be a very timely topic given the economy and the current strategies companies are using to overcome a short-fall in top-line and bottom-line profits. The hand-outs alone makes this two hours a solid investment. The three panelists will bring some subtle insight that you can't find by reading books. Come get a jump start on understanding how to design services to align with and improve your product strategy

Added by Jeff Payne on November 13, 2010 at 2:22pm — No Comments

4 Reasons to Love ProductCamp!

I was recently asked to write this blog post on 'why I love ProductCamp'. The request itself speaks to one of the things I love about ProductCamp, namely the chance to work with 'product people'. The request came from the ProductCamp Seattle Marketing Team…

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Added by Dave Manningsmith on September 21, 2010 at 5:13pm — No Comments

Marchex is Hiring

Hi Folks:


We're hiring big time at Marchex in Seattle. We've hired 70 people in the last 12 months and have req's open for 30 more. Top needs right now are UX Director, VP of Engineering, Senior PM, and opportunistically, outstanding GPM's with a proven track record of leading winning teams of PM's.


Feel free to check out what's going on at…
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Added by Tom Leung on September 19, 2010 at 4:54pm — No Comments

Always be Shipping: Musings about Product Management

Been writing a bunch of posts about Product Management on AlwaysBeShipping.com.


Feel free to check it out.…


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Added by Tom Leung on September 19, 2010 at 4:48pm — No Comments

PMC Names Dave Manningsmith New Facilitator



PMC Names Dave Manningsmith New Facilitator

Successful technology product strategist and leader to oversee organization’s future…

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Added by Mara Krieps on September 3, 2010 at 4:30pm — 2 Comments

A Few Words on PMC's History

With the transition of my role from PMC Facilitator to Advisory Board member later this month, it's a great opportunity to look back at the ten-year history of the PMC.



Here are a few milestones, and some facts you may or may not remember:



Founded, in June 2000, by Chuck Reiling of Woods Creek, a Seattle-based consulting firm. As the first PMC Facilitator, Chuck developed PMC's mission as a peer networking group for PMs in 10-20 local… Continue

Added by Mara Krieps on September 3, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

A Few Words on PMC’s Future

On September 16, 2010, I will officially assume responsibility for leading the Product Management Consortium as Facilitator.

Many of you don’t know what the PMC Facilitator does, and it won’t be especially interesting to hear my thoughts about what the role means to me or how I hope to serve the…

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Added by Dave Manningsmith on September 3, 2010 at 12:00pm — 8 Comments

Instructions for LiVE



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Added by Mau Buchler on August 10, 2010 at 5:39am — No Comments

Talk is Cheap

Conferences, learning networks, professional development sessions, edchats, etc... give us something to think about, but I learn better by getting practical.



How?



1. Put your money where your mouth is. Don't just talk about online education. There are heaps of free, easy to-use, software out there. Make a tech-lesson, test it,… Continue

Added by Mau Buchler on August 6, 2010 at 7:11pm — No Comments

Call to Action



Online education can present itself in many ways, and shouldn't necessarily be a virtual incarnation of the…

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Added by Mau Buchler on August 1, 2010 at 5:28pm — No Comments

Groups, the PMC, and ProductCamp

After reading this and that about Dunbar's number, I thought I'd try to start a conversation here about group sizes.

There are a bunch of ways we could take the discussion. Since I'm one of the folks working on the next ProductCamp Seattle, a PMC event on 10/23/10, I thought that's where I'd start.

I am aiming to have twice as…

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Added by Dave Manningsmith on May 24, 2010 at 6:42pm — No Comments

Product Manager/Product Owner Dilemma: Source for 40-60% More Work Quote

On Thursday at the PMC event on Confronting Agile, Bruce quoted a statistic; when Product Managers become Product Owners, their workload increases 40 to 60%. The source is Rich Mironov, CMO for Enthiosys. He's got a great slide show which is sure to spark further conversation.



The show details the roles for product managers, product marketers, product owners and the super human jobs we do to bring products to market that delight our customers and make money for our companies. It's a… Continue

Added by Val on April 24, 2010 at 2:47pm — No Comments

Thinking about Innovation!

We're preparing for our May event, which will be all about Innovation and Product Management. We met with our speaker today, Linda Williams, and there's so much ground to cover, we could put together an entire weekend!



As you think about your jobs as Product Managers, Product Owners, Product Marketers, and the rest of you who interact with the Product Peeps, what do you want from a conversation about innovation?



Do you want to know how to come up with the big idea?

Do you… Continue

Added by Val on April 23, 2010 at 6:27pm — No Comments

A quick update on the community site design changes

All,



Progress
:

  • Home page organization: Primarily driven by Dave Manningsmith, we re-organized the Home page to better current social media standards, with Current activity front and center.
  • Reducing the number of tabs has begun. Ning has some…
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Added by Trevor Rotzien on April 6, 2010 at 8:11am — 12 Comments

$5,000 prize for the best PMC avatar photo!

Okay, I admit it. April Fools'. Happy April Fools' Day!

Still, that doesn't change the fact that our humble community, containing the brightest minds in the world, would greatly benefit from putting a face to every member.

It's true. You've got skills, sorry, "mad skillz". Try this experiment. In your abundant free time, of course. Build a wireframe prototype of this site where all the avatars are faceless. Then build another wireframe prototype of the site where all the…

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Added by Dave Manningsmith on April 1, 2010 at 9:33am — No Comments

How I can help you, and what changes are coming

Hello PMC Community Members,



Mara recently welcomed me and explained my appearance on this site. I’d like to elaborate on that and talk a bit about the PMC Advisory Board’s plan for this community site and our Web and social media presence in general.



“What is your role?”

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Added by Trevor Rotzien on March 7, 2010 at 10:11am — No Comments

Usage Stories: Good article at product-arts.com

I just read a good article on using Usage Stories to help define requirements. Unlike use cases, which help define a user's actions with the application in specific situations, a Usage Story is a very high-level scenario. No if this, then this modeling, just one or two sentences on what the user is trying to accomplish and what, if any, top-level constraints are there.


At blinkx, we use Agile as our development methodology. Getting epics and user stories 'developer ready'…
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Added by Val on February 21, 2010 at 3:27pm — No Comments

Passing the torch - thanks Sabra and welcome Trevor!

Hi PMC Community members,

You may have noticed a recent change of faces on the "About" panel on this page Sabra Goldick, a PMC Advisory Board member for the past couple of years, has stepped down from the Board and from her role as Community Manager, passing the torch to new Advisory Board member Trevor Rotzien.



With this transition, I'd like to thank Sabra for her major contribution to the PMC community. She's been the manager of, and most frequent content…

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Added by Mara Krieps on February 11, 2010 at 1:59pm — No Comments

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